fresh iguana stew
with the last warm tortilla
mopping the tureen
—Janet Paszkowski

About the author: Janet Paszkowski is a freelance fiction writer, poet and visual artist. A graduate of The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, she lives in Georgia with her husband and three children. Her works of fiction and poetry have received numerous regional and national awards, and her fiction and poetry has been published in several literary journals and mainstream venues.